Frederick Douglass for kids : his life and times with 21 activities / Nancy I. Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanders, Nancy I.

Series:

For Kids series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abolitionists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Abolitionists.

African American abolitionists--Biography--Juvenile literature.

African American abolitionists.

Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.

Antislavery movements.

Antislavery movements--United States--Study and teaching--Activity programs.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Juvenile literature.

Douglass, Frederick.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Study and teaching--Activity programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2012.

Summary:

Few Americans have had as much impact on this nation as Frederick Douglass. Born on a plantation, he later escaped slavery and helped others to freedom via the Underground Railroad. In time he became a bestselling author, an outspoken newspaper editor, a brilliant orator, a tireless abolitionist, and a brave civil rights leader. He was famous on both sides of the Atlantic in the years leading up to the Civil War, and when war broke out, Abraham Lincoln invited him to the White House for counsel and advice. Frederick Douglass for Kids follows the footsteps of this American hero, fr

Contents:

Front Cover; Copyright; Acknowledgments; contents; Time Line; 1 'Four Score and Seven Years Ago . . .' A Life Enslaved; Help a Young Child Learn to Read; Form a Debate Club; 2 'Our Fathers Brought Forth on This Continent . . .' Stepping into Freedom; "To Take Off Spots of Any Sort, From Any Kind of Cloth"; Make a Paste to Keep Flies Away; Dress Like a Sailor: Tarpaulin Hat and Cravat; The Current World Slave Market; 3 'A New Nation Conceived in Liberty . . .' A Brand New Life; Clothespin Dolls; Sugar Water; Carpetbag

4 'Dedicated to the Proposition That All Men Are Created Equal . . .' New Heights of AchievementSpread the Word on Black Abolitionists; New England Boiled Dinner; Host an Oratorical Contest; 5 'Now We Are Engaged in a Great Civil War . . .' A Voice for the Nation; Carry a Civil War Haversack; "John Brown Song"; Civil War Time Line; Create a Memory; 6 'That This Nation, Under God, Shall Have a New Birth of Freedom . . .' The Nation"s New Hour; Make a Cane; Microfinancing; 7 'And That Government of the People, by the People, for the People, Shall Not Perish from the Earth' To Honor a Great Man

Sculpt a StatueMaryland Beaten Biscuits; Banana Leaf Card; Afterword; Resources; Websites to Explore; Places to Visit; Books to Read; Index e 139

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61374-356-4

OCLC:

793511234